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Ice Bears Fall to Resurging RiverHawks 4-3

December 15, 2012 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release


Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Augusta RiverHawks 4-3 in front of a crowd of 3,551.

The Augusta RiverHawks struck first at 7:32 of the first period when defenseman Ian Watters fed a cross ice pass to a streaking Shawn Skelly who wristed a shot over Knoxville goaltender Connor Toomey. The Ice Bears managed 19 shots in the first period but were held off the scoreboard and headed into the locker room down 1-0.

In the second period, the Ice Bears were able to draw even when the SPHL's top power play struck. Knoxville's Berkley Scott ripped a wicked wrist shot off the post and in the back of the net to tie the game 1-1. Despite the tied score after 40 minutes of play, the Ice Bears were drastically outshooting their opponent 33 - 16.

The third period was filled with action as the two teams combined for five goals. Augusta looked to be on their way to a resounding victory when they rattled off three unanswered goals. Goals by William Lacasse, Chad Ziegler and Pat Shafer put the RiverHawks up 4-1.

The Ice Bears were not going to lay down for the RiverHawks as they notched another power play goal at 16:12, when rookie forward Peter Neal buried a loose puck past the flailing Augusta netminder to cut the lead to 4 - 2. With under two and half minutes remaining in the game, Ice Bears' rookie defenseman Nate Peterson scored his first professional goal as he wired a quick wrist shot from the Augusta blueline and into the net - putting the Ice Bears within one and 2:24 remaining in the game.

The Ice Bears applied a tremendous amount of pressure but were unable to score their fourth goal to force overtime. The RiverHawks defeated the Ice Bears 4-3.

On Sunday, Dec. 16th from 2- 5 pm, the Knoxville Ice Bears will be hosting the grand opening of the Knoxville Ice Bears Pro Shop at Cool Sports, Home of the IceArium (110 S. Watt Rd, Farragut, TN). Join players and staff for food & drinks, merchandise discounts, door prizes and so much more.

The Ice Bears will be back in action to host the Columbus Cottonmouths for "Christmas Cash" presented by WATE on Thursday, Dec. 20. Knoxville will also be home on Friday, Dec. 21 for Country Night presented by Q93. The evening will host three rising talents with Jessica Deason singing the National Anthem, Southern Drawl performing during the first intermission and Mark Cooke will play during the second intermission. Puck drops at 7:30 pm each night.

To order call (865) 656-4444 or visit www.knoxvilletickets.com . Season, Partial Season and Flex Tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit www.knoxvilleicebears.com or call (865) 525-7825.

Mercedes Benz and LandRover of Knoxville Three Stars of the Game:

1st Star - Robert Moss (Augusta) 2nd Star - Shawn Skelly (Augusta) 3rd Star - Nate Peterson (Knoxville)

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